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In an era of James Bond, Jason Bourne and the numerous spy genre movies, this Jack Ryan's reboot is added to the pile of spy movies. The question is are we a spy movie viewers anymore ? The plot of economic disaster to be put upon the USA, and a threat of a SECOND DEPRESSION never seemed feasible. After the bursting of the recent Housing bubble, if that did not bring down the USA economic system , no evil Russian Dr.No villain will .
Jack Ryan, the blue eyed boy scout, can do no wrong , analyst protagonist is promoted to field-operative, which feels like such a stretch, it is not bought by the audience.
Viktor Cherevin, (Kenneth Branagh) an enigmatic Russian businessman, out to destroy the world falls flat. A big building and a unsecured computer network, does not make a super villain.
Cathy Muller, played by Keira Knightley, as usual seems to be there for distraction and decoration, feeding into the damsel in distress syndrome.
Is Jack Ryan, Superman ? Could he die ? I do not believe at any time during the movie he was in jeopardy, he will not die or be injured . This leaves you in a state of disbelief , basically a major scene to make him human , turns him into a do-it-all marine , although emotionally scarred .
The Action sequences are unexciting, I think some people in the cinema were actually yawning . The car chases are without moments of thrill ( see Fast & Furious series ), Villian vs Hero dialogue is absent ; everything required to setup an action spy thriller. To the point where you believe it is accountant vs accountant spy thriller .
Did Director Kenneth Branagh fail ? Did actors Chris Pine or Kevin Costner fail ? I do not think so, the film falters in the script, where nothing is truly believable.
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